December 22, 2010 McGuinty Government Encourages Ontarians To Get Outdoors Ontario’s provincial parks received almost 100,000 more visits in 2010, with a total of close to 10 million Ontarians and visitors enjoying the natural beauty the province has to offer. With at least one of [Read more]
December 21, 2010 McGuinty Government Keeping Ontario Strong And Families Working From newly constructed colleges and hospitals to freshly paved roads and highways, Ontario has seen an unprecedented year of infrastructure investments and development. Over 700 infrastructure stimulus projects have [Read more]
December 21, 2010 McGuinty Government Making Retirement Homes Safer For Seniors Ontario has nominated five members for appointment to the Retirement Homes Regulatory Authority interim Board of Directors. Mary Catherine Lindberg would Chair the board and members would include: Madeline Edwards, [Read more]
December 20, 2010 Ontario Minister of Transportation Kathleen Wynne issued the following statement regarding the OPP investigation concerning some individuals working in the Ontario government. “Today, Ontarians learned that three members of the Ontario Public Service are facing criminal [Read more]
December 20, 2010 McGuinty Government Cutting Red Tape, Helping More Students Succeed Starting this year, college and university students are spending less time filling out loan and grant applications and standing in back-to-school line-ups. They are also receiving their financial support faster. [Read more]
The NSFC is Falling into Action! The Northeast Superior Forest Community (NSFC) has released our Fall 2010 edition of The Forest News. The Forest News is a great way to stay informed not only about the activities of the NSFC (one of 15 Forest Community and Model Forest sites across Canada), but [Read more]
December 19, 2010 Multi-pronged approach needed to solve savings challenge Today the Provinces of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia and Ontario called on the federal government to keep a modest CPP enhancement on the table as part of a package of reforms [Read more]
December 17, 2010 “I am honoured to serve as Ontario’s new Minister of Labour. Our government has always brought a balanced approach to labour relations – and this is something I intend to continue. I will put Ontario workers and their families first. I had an opportunity today [Read more]
December 17, 2010 McGuinty Government Saves Ontarians $50 Million In Annual Interest Costs Ontario announced the official renewal of Teranet Inc.’s exclusive licences to provide electronic land registration and writs services to the province. This will keep the system modern, user-friendly, [Read more]
December 17, 2010 McGuinty Government Nominates Respected Labour Lawyer To Head Tribunal Ontario has nominated respected labour lawyer Bernard Fishbein as Chair of the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB). The nomination is subject to review by the Standing Committee on Government Agencies. Mr. [Read more]
December 17, 2010 Yesterday evening Premier Dalton McGuinty announced that Charles Sousa is the new Minister of Labour following the resignation from Cabinet of Peter Fonseca.”Charles will continue to put Ontario workers and their families first, particularly as we implement the workplace [Read more]
December 16, 2010 McGuinty Government Welcomes Recommendations From Tony Dean’s Expert Panel Ontario is taking action to address the recommendations from an expert panel report that will help improve workplace health and safety. A new Chief Prevention Officer will ensure effective health and [Read more]
December 16, 2010 McGuinty Government Provides Flexible And Secure Investment Options For Ontarians The interest rate set at 1.25 per cent for Variable-Rate Ontario Savings Bonds (OSB) will remain unchanged for the next six months. This update does not affect the Fixed-Rate and Step-Up Ontario [Read more]
December 15, 2010 McGuinty Government Supporting Ideas That Create Jobs Ontario’s 3-D future is already paying dividends in jobs and investment for today’s digital inventors and entrepreneurs. Premier McGuinty visited the Digital Media Zone (DMZ) at Ryerson University Wednesday to [Read more]
December 15, 2010 New Program Aimed At Newcomers And Culturally Diverse Youth The McGuinty government is helping newcomers and culturally diverse youth enter the job market through mentoring and leadership training in their communities. The government will partner with established community based [Read more]
